Definitions for identification

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identification i·den·ti·fi·ca·tion

Spelling: [ahy-den-tuh-fi-key-shuh n, ih-den-]

IPA: /aɪˌdɛn tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ɪˌdɛn-/

Identification is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 796 anagrams from letters in identification (acdefiiiinnott).

Definitions for identification

noun

1. an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
2. something that identifies a person, animal, or thing:
3. Sociology. acceptance as one's own of the values and interests of a social group.
4. Psychology. a process by which one ascribes to oneself the qualities or characteristics of another person. (in psychoanalytic theory) the transference or reaction to one person with the feelings or responses relevant to another, as the identification of a teacher with a parent. perception of another as an extension of oneself.

Origin of identification

First recorded in 1635-45; identi(fy) + -fication

Examples for identification

They looked at my identification folder and then examined me.

A pharmacist told her the medication was for women—and her identification still listed her as a male.

Her heartbroken and horrified brother, Sam Jones, made the identification.

He has no identification tag; he releases Peabody; seems not to know the penalties.

I do not wish to have any delay in my identification when it does come.'

They set up an area for patient triage and identification to help them prioritize.

The jogger had no memory of the attack, and none of the other victims could make an identification of the Five.

There is, however, one objection to this identification that must not be overlooked.

Frau Augusta turned and glanced furtively at my identification folder.

At about 10 p.m., a horde of Hungarian police officers raided the bar, demanding that everybody show their identification.